* Giving the title of major to two police captains. A third captain's position would be changed to assistant police chief.

* Disbanding the city's Recreation and Parks Department and giving those duties to the newly created Leisure Services Department. The employees for that department will work directly with Willis.

* Creating new job duties for Assistant City Manager Dale Sugerman. Currently, Sugerman oversees the Human Resources Department, negotiates union contracts and is responsible for City Hall's multimillion computer system. His proposed duties would be changed to dealing with economic development issues and coordinating several comprehensive utilities projects.

On Tuesday night, the City Commission approved an employment contract for Sugerman that outlined those new duties and an $11,000 raise that will bring his annual salary to $81,111.

Willis said she was able to reduce payroll by offering longtime employees lucrative retirement packages and hiring younger, lower-paid workers to fill their jobs.